Spring is approaching every day, and many summer residents are already reaching out to their houses, checking their inventory and tidying up their living quarters.
In March, life at the dacha will be even more intense, and all because this is the most important and favorable period for work in the garden, vegetable garden and greenhouses.
Here's a list of things to do in March.
1. We inspect the fruit trees. Frost cracks and signs of freezing should alert you. You can start treating the trees as soon as the temperature rises to +5.
Don't forget to disinfect the wounds before treating them with garden pitch.
2. After tidying up, you can start whitewashing the tree trunks. The paint will protect against day and night temperature changes.
3. Before the buds wake up, you need to prune the bushes and trees, and before the sap starts to flow, you need to prune and treat the currants with hot water to protect them from bud mites.
4. Next, we tidy up the raspberries. After the snow melts, we remove the cover, do sanitary pruning, and remove other debris.
5. After the snow melts, it is recommended to cover the strawberries with white spunbond to keep the garden bed warm for as long as possible.
6. Update your bird feeders and birdhouses to prevent birds from leaving you alone with pests.
7. In the garden, the first thing you need to do is tidy up the greenhouses. Wash, disinfect, renew the soil if necessary, and sow green manure.
8. In the flower garden at this time you need to start airing the roses, pay attention to clematis and rhododendrons. Do not forget about the grapes, opening them on sunny days for a couple of hours a day.
9. At the end of March, we prepare flower tubers and bulbs for forcing, getting ready for planting.
10. And lastly, it is necessary to plan a planting plan for vegetable crops taking into account the rules of crop rotation and competent neighborhood.
